Councils may have to consider offering a four-day week in order to attract the staff desperately needed by the sector, a workshop at the Local Government Association’s (LGA) annual conference has heard.
Head of workforce at the LGA, Naomi Cooke, told delegates the sector was facing a ‘crisis of recruitment’ that was leading to a ‘crisis in capacity’.
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